Tottenham first Premier League team to fail to make one summer signing

Tottenham have become the first Premier League club to go an entire summer without signing a single player since the transfer window was created in 2003.

Thursday's deadline passed without Spurs signing any new players, either permanently or on loan, so coach Mauricio Pochettino will open the club's new stadium with the same squad that finished third in the Premier League in May.

In addition to being the first Premier League team in 15 years to make a summer signing, Tottenham are also the only club in Europe's top five leagues and England's top four tiers without a new player this summer.

"I am happy to keep all the squad together," Pochettino said earlier on Thursday. "There are many rumours during the summer about players out. The club made a massive effort to try to extend contracts with people like Harry Kane. He is one example but there are many examples too."

Tottenham were not big sellers, either, as they managed to hold onto Toby Alderweireld amid links to Manchester United.

The only departures from the team so far have been 19-year-old Keanan Bennetts, who never made a first-team appearance for Spurs, to Borussia Monchengladbach, and 21-year-old Anton Walkes, who made only one cup appearance in 2016 before joining Portsmouth.